El Cheapo fork seals / direction

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El Cheapo fork seals / direction

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I won these on eBay for $0.99. Yes 99 cents. There are no numbers, no lettering and no country of origin. Probably made in Uganda. Never the less, they don't look too bad and I am going to try them on my 550 project bike. Again I don't know which side is which. There are 2 lips and both have wound tension springs. I can tel you that the one on the left has a larger diameter lip by approx .5mm
One side is about 2mm undersize and the other about 1.5mm. That seems like a lot to me, but I have nothing to compare it to. Is this too much interference? Which side faces down (toward the oil)?

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Re: El Cheapo fork seals / direction

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Chris,

99 cents.. That's either the bargain of a lifetime or too cheap to be true. It's worth trying though.

I just opened a pair of ALLBAlls seal. They are also double lipped. The lower ID is 32.5mm as best as I can measure and the upper part is 34.0mm. The upper face is the one with writing on it. This one says:
TT0 D810 DC4 35 48 11 . I don't see a manufacturer's name unless it's TTO which I don't recognize.

With your seals I'd put them in tight side down to keep in the oil and looser side up to keep out dirt.
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Id put them in like the left one is in the photo, facing up.
Chris your o-ring should be arriving soon, sorry I had a bit of a delay getting it out to you.
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So far that's two votes for that way up. :up:
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